Table 1. Household and individual characteristics for all women and subset of mothers of children under 5 years of age (U5), Ethiopia, 2007.
| Characteristic | All women (95% CI) | Mothers of children U5 (95% CI) | p-value |
| Household Characteristics | |||
| Number of Households (N) | 5949 | 3447 | |
| Residence in an urban EA (%) | 17.2 (12.9–21.4) | 11.7 (8.2–15.2) | <.0001 |
| Residence in EA with altitude 2000–2500 m (%) | 32.2 (25.7–38.7) | 31.4 (24.6–38.3) | 0.4 |
| Mean household size | 4.9 (4.7–5.2) | 5.5 (5.2–5.8) | <.0001 |
| Wealth Quintiles | <.0001 | ||
| First- Lowest | 19.4 (15.6–23.1) | 21.1 (16.7–25.5) | |
| Second | 22.7 (19.3–26.1) | 25.2 (21.4–29.0) | |
| Third | 18.8 (16.2–21.3) | 19.5 (16.6–22.3) | |
| Fourth | 19.0 (16.3–21.7) | 19.3 (16.1–22.5) | |
| Fifth- Highest | 20.1 (16.2 24.1) | 15.0 (11.7–18.2) | |
| HH with at least one ITN (%) | 55.1 (49.1–61.2) | 57.4 (50.9–64.0) | 0.008 |
| HH sprayed with insecticide in the past 12 months (%) | 14.6 (10.4–18.8) | 14.9 (10.4–19.5) | 0.6 |
| Individual Characteristics | |||
| Number of Women | 6657 | 4714 | |
| Mean age | 28.0 (27.6–28.4) | 28.2 (27.7–28.6) | 0.07 |
| Attended any school (%) | 23.7 (20.3–27.2) | 16.9 (14.0–19.7) | <.0001 |
| Some level of literacy (%) | 15.7 (13.4–18.0) | 12.5 (10.3–14.7) | <.0001 |
| Ever heard of malaria (%) | 73.8 (70.0–77.7) | 74.2 (70.0–78.3) | 0.3 |
| Knew mosquitoes caused malaria (%) | 34.6 (31.0–38.3) | 33.6 (29.6–37.7) | 0.2 |
| Knew nets/ITN prevented malaria (%) | 31.5 (27.8–35.2) | 30.3 (26.2–34.5) | 0.1 |
| Knew fever as symptom of malaria (%) | 43.6 (39.6–47.6) | 43.1 (38.6–47.5) | 0.6 |
| Knew at least one danger sign of malaria (%) | 39.7 (35.8–43.7) | 38.5 (34.2–42.7) | 0.03 |
| Any correct malaria knowledge (%) | 67.2 (63.2–71.1) | 67.6 (63.3–71.8) | 0.6 |
| Slept under an ITN the night prior to the survey (%) | 33.7 (28.7–38.6) | 37.5 (31.6–43.4) | 0.003 |
U5 = under 5 years of age; CI = Confidence Intervals; EA = Enumeration area; HH = Household; ITN = Insecticide-treated nets.